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// Friends 
// Story: My little Pony: Uncommon Connection 
// by Spitfire16 
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Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Applejack and Babe all rushed André to the Ponyville hospital shortly after he passed out. In his room the nurse, Nurse Redheart, was checking to see if anything was wrong with him.

Twilight stood beside Nurse Redheart, "How is he nurse? Will he be ok?"

Nurse Redheart turned to the group of friends and happily smiled, "Yup. Everything’s just fine." the white coated nurse looked back at André,  "He’s just very exhausted and needs some rest."

Twilight and the other's sighed in relief.

Pinkie Pie stepped forward and looked down at the bed, "I’ve just got one question Nurse."

Nurse Redheart turned to Pinkie, "What’s that Pinkie Pie?" she asked.

"Is his face going to stay like that?" Pinkie asked as she pointed forward. Everyone looked at André’s face and saw what Pinkie Pie was talking about. His eyes were strained shut and his mouth was opening in a strange way.

"Ah…Ah…AH! ACHOO!!" André covered his mouth as he sneezed, sniffing afterwards. Pinkie realized why he was making the face and laughed, "He's ok! He just had the sneezes!"

André looked around the hospital room, "Hey guys. Um, where am I?" the last thing he remembered was getting out of Everfree forest.

Nurse Redheart felt his forehead after he woke up, "You're in the Ponyville hospital." she softly told him. 

"Hospital?" he questioned.

Babe rose up from one of the chairs he was sitting in and walked over to André's bed, "Yeah. You passed out after we got out of Everfree forest, remember?"

"Oh yeah. How am I Nurse? Oh! No, scratch that. How's Rainbow Dash? Is she ok?" André rose up while looking around for Rainbow. 

"I'll be alright." Rainbow Dash walked over to his bedside and showed André her bandaged wing, "I just have to stay off of my wing for a few days and I'll be soaring through the sky again in no time!"

André laid back in relief, "That's fantastic." André and Rainbow exchanged friendly smiles. It appears Rainbow has finally opened up to their Human visitors, seeing this made Twilight and the other's happy.

Applejack stood beside Rainbow Dash and placed a hoof on her back, "Well Rainbow, Ah'm sure you learned a pretty valuable lesson."

Rainbow innocently closed her eyes and smiled, "Nope!"

The comment only earned Rainbow Dash hard stares of disappointment. All of her friends were waiting for her to fix her previous statement, "I-I mean, yeah. I've learned that just because someone's different from you doesn't make them bad or have bad intentions. I'm sorry guys, I got so wrapped up in the rumors everypony was spreading I didn't even think about getting to know you and finding out the truth for myself." 

She looked at Babe and then to André, "If it's alright with you I'd like for us to start over and become friends."

André laughed, "Why should we do that?"

Rainbow was taken aback by André's reply, at first she didn't understand what he had meant, Babe saw she was lost and spoke up, "I think this experience just made us even closer. We've been friends from the get go."

Rainbow  Dash was happy to hear that she found new friends in the two Human's, she was overjoyed and excited about exploring more of their friendship. 

"Cool! If you guys like I could take you around a tour of Cloudsdale. You can walk on clouds can't you?" 

Babe scratched the back of his head at the question, "Not sure. It wouldn't hurt to try I guess."

"I hope we can." André added, "I always wanted to go to Cloudsdale."

"Awesome! Just let me know whenever you two have time and we'll head on up there." Rainbow placed a hoof to her chest proudly, "It's not every day you get to hang out with the greatest flyer in Ponyville!"

Twilight rolled her eyes and smiled, "But we do." she stated.

"...Oh yeah" Rainbow said, remembering that they in fact do hang out, almost every day, 

Everyone had a good laugh including Rainbow Dash herself. Amidst the laughter Rarity entered the room with a neatly wrapped box on her back, "I'm not interrupting anything am I?" Rarity asked as she stopped at the door.

Applejack was the first to notice Rarity's entrance, "Of course not Rarity. Where've you been?" 

Rarity walked over to the group with the box on her back, "While you all rushed André to the hospital I just had to go back to my boutique and get him something that would lift his spirits when he woke up."

"I'm fine Rarity. You didn't have to give me anything."

Rarity held up her hoof, "Nonsense! Besides I wanted to. I want you looking smashing for when the occasion calls for it."

André slightly raised himself up on the bed, "Cool. Thanks a lot." 

Rarity looked over to Babe, "Babe, I haven't forgotten about you. I have something for you as well but it's still at the boutique. You'll get the chance to see it once you move all your things to my house."

Babe nodded, "Thanks, Rarity."

Babe took the box off of Rarity's back and handed it over to its new owner. André removed the fancy looking gift paper and opened the box. Inside he found a very stylish suit inside. 

The suit nearly took André's breath away. It resembled a classic 1920's gangsters outfit. It was all black and complete with a red tie, fedora, gloves and a white scarf. How Rarity managed to get the "realism" down was beyond question, "…WOW! Rarity…this is fantastic!"

Rarity's eyes enlarged and twinkled at André's happiness, "Do you really like it?"

"Like it? I love it!" 

Rarity happily squealed.

André held the fedora and gazed upon the red Phoenix feather nesting on the hat's side, "You seriously have talent. You have the greatest fashion design in all of Equestria."

Rarity blushed at the comment. She loved praise on her clothes and designs, "It was my pleasure. I'm so happy that you like it."

André placed the fedora with the rest of the suit, " I can't wait to wear it, seriously."

"I can't wait to see you wear it." Rarity said with a delighted smile.

Suddenly André snapped his fingers, " Oh and Rarity, earlier you said to be Babe 'move all your things to my house' What exactly did you mean by that?"

Rarity turned to Babe, "You didn't tell him?"

"No. I must've forgot." Babe tapped his own forehead before looking at André, "André, Rarity is letting me stay at her place for a while. You know so we don't overcrowd Twilight's house."

André placed his finger and thumb on his chin, "Oh. I see." he looked over at Twilight, placing a hand on the border between his neck and shoulder, "You don't mind I stay for a little while longer do you Twi?"

Twilight shook her head, "Of course not. You can stay as long as you need to. You've been no trouble at all."

André smiled, "Thanks."

"Speaking of which," Babe joined, "do you mind if I go get the rest of my stuff Twilight? So I can move it over to Rarity's?"

"Not at all. I'll go with you." Twilight offered.

Babe nodded and turned back to André, "Alright, Dré, I'll see you tomorrow I guess. Here, I'll take your suit back to the house so you don't have to worry about it later on."

Babe took André's suit and placed them back inside the box. Babe and Twilight left the room to make their way over to Twilight's house.

Applejack looked over to the hospital's clock for the time, "Ah've got to head on back to the farm. Ah gotta help big McIntosh with those apples."

Rarity stepped in for the work call, "And I've got some more designs to work on."

Lastly was Fluttershy, "It's almost time for the animals back at home to eat. I've got to be there and feed them."

André knew how busy the girl's were and didn't want to hold them up, "Ok guys. I guess I'll see you all later."

"Definitely." Applejack was the first to leave the room.

Fluttershy went over to the room door but looked back at André before leaving, "Stop past the cottage sometime. I'd love to show you my butterfly grove."

"Sounds good. I will Fluttershy, thanks." André waved to Fluttershy before she left out.

Like the other's Rarity had a few words for André, "Let me know how you like your clothes after you've tried them on."

André nodded, "Of course."

Rarity left with a smile and closed the door behind them. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie stayed behind. André looked at Rainbow first and then to Pinkie, "What about you guys?"

Pinkie Pie was happily bouncing up and down, " I don't have anything to do! I'll gladly keep you company!"

André chuckled at his pink coated friend, "What about you, Dash?"

Rainbow helped out her injured wing, "Not much I can do with an injured wing. I was just going to stay here with you."

"Aw, that's nice of you two, thanks. Is there anything you want to do?"

Pinkie Pie already had an idea as she jumped up and down raising her hoof, "Oh, oh, oh! Let's play charades!"

"I'm not too good at charades." André admitted.

"Eh. With only three of us charades won't be all that fun." Rainbow Dash added on.

One idea down, possibly a hundred more to go with Pinkie Pie, "Okay! Then how about we go out and play hide and go seek?"

André mildly laughed, "In the hospital? I don't think they'll allow us to do that."

Another plan gone, Pinkie bumped her hooves together "Right! Darn it…"

Rainbow smiled as she rolled her eyes, she walked toward the hospital room's door, "While you guys think of something I'll be using the little mare's room." she closed the door after she left the room.

Once Rainbow Dash left the room an idea suddenly popped into André's head, "Hm…hey, Pinkie Pie."

Pinkie Pie put her thinking on pause and looked at her friend, "Yeah?"

André rapidly tapped his chin with his finger as he thought on, "You mind doing me a favor?"

"Of course! Anything!" Pinkie Pie happily said.

"Come here" 

Pinkie skipped over to André's bedside, "Is it a secret?" she asked softly.

André smiled in return, "No, it's-"

Pinkie listened on as André whispered into her ear, "Uh huh….oh! Hahaha! That sounds fun!"

André leaned back after he finished, "Think you can do that for me?"

"Hehe! Yup!"

Just the thought of what Pinkie was about to do gave André butterflies, he looked on in anticipation.

Pinkie was ready and so was André, she began, "Hehehe! ♪I'm the P to the I.N,K.I.E to the P to I to E♪" Pinkie suddenly grabbed onto André's shoulders and pulled him in closer to her, they were nose to nose, "and while I'm at it won't you please be friend's with me!?"

Pinkie accidentally pushed André back to hard and he fell out of the hospital bed, as André looked up Pinkie stood over him, with the finishing phrase, " I'm Pinkielicious!"

The finishing phrase made André laugh in amusement, "YES! Thanks a lot for that Pinkie Pie!"

"No problem! Hey, why did you want me to do that anyway?"

André knew he couldn't tell Pinkie the truth, he tried coming up with a good story to cover up for his real reason, "I just…research. I think it's pretty cool and funny."

Being as carefree as she was Pinkie brought it and accepted that as a reasonable answer, "Oh! I see hehe! Here, let me help you up."

She helped André off of the floor and back into the bed. As he got back up into the bed Rainbow Dash reentered the room, "Is, uh, everything alright in here?"

André tried to hide his laughter but it came out in suspicious laugh cracks, "Hehe...Yup. Pfft! Everything's just fine."

"Peachy" Pinkie Pie cheerfully states.

Rainbow walked back over to her friends, unaware of the routine they just did, "Did you guys figure out what you were going to do?"

"We did something that was funny!" Pinkie Pie hinted.

Curiosity had Rainbow's interest peeked, "Yeah? What was it? I'm in the mood for a good laugh."

Pinkie readied herself to repeat her 'liciousness', "It's Pinkielic-!"

André wrapped his hand around Pinkie Pie's mouth to keep her quiet.

Rainbow slightly cocked her head back in confusion, "What're you doing?"

André looked at Rainbow and then back to Pinkie. He was seeing just how strange he was making the situation, "Don't tell Rainbow Dash, I'll get her eventually. If you show her now she'll think it's not cool." he whispered.

Pinkie Pie signaled she understood by nodding her head. André released her and the two looked at Rainbow Dash. Obviously there was something they were hiding from her and she looked in suspicion. Rainbow shook her head at the two for their randomness, "You're both random."

"Mhm!" André and Pinkie said in sync, they looked at each other for a brief second, "JINX!" they were both surprised they both jinxed each other but it didn't stop there, "JINX! JINX! JINX! JINX AGAIN! Huh…? Okay….this is getting weird…" they continued saying the exact same thing.

Rainbow Dash was nearly in tears from laughing, "You two are so weird! Jinxing each other nonstop, you both should be married!"

André and Pinkie looked at Rainbow, "Married?" they turned back to each other, "Hey, stop saying what I'm saying!" they synced again...

It was getting a little strange now...but-"JINX!"

Rainbow laughed even harder than she already was a few seconds ago and she fell onto the floor. Pinkie started feeling a laugh coming on and fell beside Rainbow Dash. Laughing was pretty contagious to André and the jinx clash with Pinkie actually made him want to join them in the laugh, he fell back on the bed and laughed as well.

Pinkie quickly raised up after she stopped laughing, "Hey, guys, I know what we could do!"

André and Rainbow looked at Pinkie to hear what she had to say.

"We could have what I like to call a 'you're getting out of the hospital tomorrow party'!"

André wiped his eyes dry, and continued smiling, "It's party central with you huh, Pinkie?"

Pinkie jumped up off of the floor and was back on all four's, "And you know it!" she cheerfully exclaimed.

Rainbow got up off of the floor as well, "That sounds kind of fun." she said, complimenting the idea.

The party idea's Pinkie had in mind just filled her brain, "Yup! We can have music and dancing and cake! It's gonna be so awesome!"

André thought about the party but a party in a hospital was most likely not allowed, "Will the nurse's allow you to do tha-"

Before he could finish his sentence Pinkie Pie put on a party hat. She extended her arm to the side and pulled in front of her a box. She opened the box and confetti erupted from out of the box alongside cake and lots of other party stuff, "Party!" Pinkie shouted.

Pinkie Pie began dancing. André recognized the dance from the time she got Fluttershy to sing the song she made up about Zecora being evil. Rainbow Dash laughed and decided to join her friend in the dance.

André watched as the two started dancing, he shook his head, "Wow, there's no denying it. Equestria's crazy…." the more he watched them dancing in front of him the more he realized he was actually there with them, he didn't want to waste any second of his time in this world, "oh well! If you can't beat em join em!" he stated aloud to himself.

With that in mind André flipped the white blankets over and went over to his two friends to join in with their dance. The three had a party in a hospital room, cool or not Rainbow Dash loved every minute of it. Normal or not André lost himself in the moment.